While it’s no surprise to anyone that PC shipments are on the downturn, it appears to be a larger downturn than expected. CRN has an article about the recent IDC study showing a 9.7% decrease in desktop and laptop shipments worldwide.
The CRN article had a couple good quotes that I liked because they are so telling:
“Without an adequate mass of compelling applications, the PC market is poised to subsist primarily on lukewarm replacements in the future,” said Jay Chou, senior research analyst, at IDC.
IDC said PC growth is stymied by mobile devices, specifically among emerging markets. IDC said PC makers can no longer rely on “emerging market growth that the industry had come to rely on in recent years.”
Why do You Care?
Trends like this tell you exactly who is going to be using your site in the future. The world and especially the consumer world will focus on smaller form factors in tablets and smart phones. If you aren’t already planning on improving the mobile readiness of your site and enabling all transactions from these form factors then you will be forced to do so in the near future.
